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Strayer,Devery,Harvard University
Mar-1995 - Mar-2002
Manager Planning
WalMart
Mar-2001 - Feb-2009
Assume the banking system contains the following amounts:
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| Total reserves  | $90 billion |
| Transactions deposits  | $900 billion |
| Cash held by public  | $100 billion |
| Reserve requirement   | 0.10 |
(a) Are the banks fully utilizing their lending capacity?
| Yes |
| No |
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(b) What would happen to the money supply initially if the public deposited another $20 billion of cash in transactions accounts?
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| Decrease by $30 billion |
| No change |
| Increase by $30 billion |
| Not enough informatiion |
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Instructions: Enter your responses as a whole number.
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(c) What would the lending capacity of the banking system be after such a portfolio switch?
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$ billion
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(d) How large would the money supply be if the banks fully utilized their lending capacity?
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$ billion
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(e) What three steps could the Fed take to offset that potential growth in M1?
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| Raise the reserve requirement, raise the discount rate, and use open market sales. |
| Lower the reserve requirement, raise the reserve requirement, and use open market sales. |
| Raise the reserve requirement, raise the discount rate, and use open market purchases. |
| Lower the reserve requirement, raise the discount rate, and use open market sales. |
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